Personally - I use Volks as "Hold the line" units and stalling units. They make good AT because they have so many models, their lategame AI sucking is perfectly fine with me.
No, don't give them MP44s... Volks, as the name suggests are meant to be relatively inexperienced troops, why should they get the best armament?
Really, I think the flak against Volks is misplaced - volks weren't ever designed to win an infantry fight. Thats what Obers, Fusileers and Falls are there for (except those units aren't really winning infantry fights, and as I have said before, thats the shortcoming OKW is facing).
Giving Volks MP44s and AT nades will turn them into better versions of Conscripts and I don't think this is a good idea, esp considering you do have non-doc elite AI infantry.
lol what non-doc elite infy...?? obers...?? lol obers are pathetic
On topic:
Also many allied fanboys now saying that rifle buff was not needed and admitting that it have single handledly destroyed the balance.
Proves that relic are incapable of making decision on their own the rifle buff was sheer pressure from cries of allied fanboys to buff rifle when their was non needed, only bar buff was justified,relic can't think for themselves and make decision logically...sigh not to mention the broken everything good ukf faction with broken units,5 star of veterancy condensed into 3 star vet and broken dirt cheap abilites...sigh no one listened to me when i said the rifle vet 3 buff was not needed and ukf is still damn to op ( when the dust settles you will see that) only balanced faction is soviet and to some extent whermact ( except for some buffs needed in some clear areas).